Bottle cleansing and washing machine



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BOTTLE CLEANSING AND WASHING MACHINE Filed Feb. 18. 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 l nuer lior ejbizn )[waanze M A Home y Patented May 23, 1 933 mm; newsome t ma me, Gadgets L i BOTTLE cL nirsING AND WASHING iuAciiInE This invention relates to a macliinewhich is especially, but not necessarily, adapted for nsein dan' or similar establishment, sa d mach ne be ng constructed for cleans ng,

Washing andt partlypfdnying milk bottles,

The fundamentalidea off the invention fio ' is "ltoprovide a novel, struct'ur alfiorganism tion of especially selected and: mechanically co ordinated parts syste1nati'cally" ar'- ranged "for' expeditiously jhandling milk I liottles-iwhilein the crate, wherebytoj mini} i miZelabor and expedite the task of thoroi'lghly' Washing and treating-milk bottles, J Q- Particularlywlo I wish toemphasize the inan easyfa'ndsuccessful manner.

The) arrangeinentand specific" construction whereby a number of bottle filled crates may she:successiyelyplaced in the machine; thorouglilyi cleansed rinsed, and partly re and advantage ment 1 and the particular consti lCtion of the enclosure for conserving: the1 solution and retrieving said solution to :be used; over and v r ie d i else wfi m -i a Inthe drawings: m i. Figure l s .vaew 1n sectlon and elevat on illustrating the complete structural arrange-1 v meiit land showing the; particular construei tion. i

fwFigure 2 is a horizontal section taken ,approximately 011; the: plane of the line 22 of t en I an i era n o i P t 1 present inven;v

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thesolution container andksupply-tanki r Figure alfragmentary bottom plan of a" p art of the causticfsolution circulating and i t b t ng; hit? I 1 igurefi is a fragmentaryfview showing m nua ce-and ez ritopenings used in placing and removing the crates'.

a Figure-7 is a longitudinal am eta; I

one "of the distributing heads' isipredii 1 a, Application flied rebels 1a; 1932.:Seria1.No.-593,845. 1

receiving boxl g a 7 The support comprises a, stand generally t Figure l8 is detail section on the crate "designated by the numeral 9 and including a aseu'ingQIQ provided with appropriately arranged braces 11. The m1 merals 12 desigq nate uprights or legs which connect Withthe lower T1Ilg121:&1I1Cl also \ivithalrupper annulus; 13.. Mounted on suitable bars in the lower ring is a plate 14 which carries the electric. niotor- 15 driving the circulation pumps and 16; respectively. y,

p The pumps and motor are joined inoperati've .irelationship through the medium of power gpro pulsion belts l8; and 19 respeci, new callnttention to the numeral 20 which designates a tank-seated in the annuwhich; defines arelati vely large caustic solution compartment 22and ,akrinsing water pump a 16 is connected with the. compartment 23 while the elevating pipe 25 leading froin the periphery of the same pump extends up through {the tank towther desired elevation for a purpose'to be hereinafterJdescribed.

Likewise the cleansing solution intake pipe lust 13* and provided with ;a partition 21 a V comparti'nent 23f The lattericompartment of the pump 17 t is in cheated by the numeral i 26, while the 5 companion elevating. pipe is denotedifby the numeral t V The numeral 28 i in Figure 1, designates a standard "rising irom the center of the base extending upthrough the tank and having its upper end reduced as indicated at29 to accommodate a surrounding sleeve 30 form ing a bearing post. This"arrangement;- or0- Vides suitable mounting for the rotary bottle cratearea 31. W

As seenin-Figures land 2, the carrier has a central-topsor head 32 resting on the post i and. rotatably connected thereto and further includes radial spokes connected with inner andouter rings-3,4 and 35 respectively.

. These rings form, suitable supports for box} like receptacles or chests 36, and as seen in, FigUi'eS each chest is provided in its open bottom with spaced parallel tracks 37 which serve to receive and support the crate 38. Incidently the bottles are denoted by the numerals 39 and in practice these are inverted, that is, placed upside down in the crate before the crate is slipped into the box-like casing or chest 86. I

The crates in the boxesmove around over a trapping and solution return pan 40. The pan is annular in configuration and has a short rim and the overflowing fiuiddrips back over the inner rim into the respective compartments of the tank. In other wo'rdsthe dii'l'erent solutions are returned to their respective compartments after being used.

It is understood that the tank and pan are stationary'while the carrier-31' alone is mounted for rotation. Another stationary part is denoted by the numeral 41, this bein acasing which fits down intothepan and entirely encloses the crate and receptacles 36 and outer peripheralportion of the area. Then too, the numeral 42 designates a sort of canopy having a stack 43ithrough which vapor and "steam are allowed to escape into the atmosphere. I

The numeral 44 in Figure 2 designates a hot air or dry steam pipe which is connected with the casing at'a'point n'ear the entrance opening 45 (see Figure); It is through this opening 45 that the crates' are placed in and removed. ,At this particular point there is'a retaining'latch 46 constructed toregister with retaining sockets in the outer ring of the rotary carrier so that the carrier can be stopped in-a steprby-step manner tobring tles'contained therein.

it into registry =wi-th-=the'opening 45. V

The aforesaid rinsing solution 'elevating pipe-25 is roar-acted witlrone or more horizontally disposed radially arranged distributing heads 47, -the head being arranged in, the'pan and'being provided at its outer end with upstanding U-shaped 'pipes'48 connected' w-ith a spray nozzle 49arranged to'spray the solution into the crate and over the'bot- Each head 47 is provided with a multiplicity of orificeslorports whichare located beneath the open mouth of the'bottles so'that the bottles are washed insideand outside. Y The cleansing solution pipe Q'Zfis connected with a segmental horizontal ,circu lating pipe 50 which in turn has branch con: nections with the distributing heads 51 of which thereare fouro'r five as'sho wn in Figure 2,;these-beinglocated in the various box like receptacle-e 86 around thecircumference of the machine.

It is; evident from the description and drawings that the bottle-filled crates are placed ion the 'rotaryrack orcarrier and sue cessi'v'ely subjected tothe action of thedif; ferent fluids forfeflfective cleaning, rinsing and partiahdrying. Any'nu mberof difi'e'ia ent distributing heads and pipe arrange charge opening in the-underlying distributing head 47 when the carrier moves onestep to the right. H

The first four or five distributing heads 51 are intended to spray the bottles forcibly with a caustic cleansing solution. Thus as the crates are placed in position one-by one,

the bottles therein are subjected successively to-the action of certain solutions. At a predetermined point in the rotation of the car riage, "the bottles come over the heads 47 which subject the bottles to a rinsing action from clear water. At the same time the rinsing water is sprayed fronrthe'nozzle 49 by way of the short pipe 48. v

' As'each crateapproaches the final step in the operation, it is brought into registry 'Wlth a hot air or dry steam pipe 44 at which time the bottles are partly dried by relieving them of surplus water. The carriage is rotated'and controlled by hand and "through the medium of the retaining latch so'that the period of stoppage and successive cleaning and rinsing step may be controlled accord ing to the discretion of the operator.

It is thought that the description taken in connection with the drawings will enable a clearunderstandin'g of the invention to be had, Therefore, a more lengthy description is thought unnecessary.

VVhilethe' preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it is to be understoodthatminor changes com-' ing within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to if desired.

I claim: I

- A bottle washer comprising a stationary stand, .an open topped tank supported on said stand, an annular pan supported above the open top of said tank,- a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially disposed hollow apertured castingsarranged in the pan,

the apertures being in the upper sides thereof andlpermittingsaid castings to serve as distributing heads, motor-driven pumps on said stand, each of said pumps having its intake connected with a source of liquid supply, circulating pipes connecting saidpumps and said distributing heads, a rotary carrier rack supported on said stand, having its outer marginal portion of openwork form and overlying the pan, a plurality of circumferentially spaced receptacles on the outer marginal portion of the carrier, open at their lower ends and outer ends and 5 adapted to move successively into registra tion With the underlying distributing head, acasing extending over the pan, receptacles andjdistributing head, said casing having an entrance opening at a predetermined point, and co-acting retaining means bertween the casing and carrier, said carrier being turned progressively for inserting and removing bottle-filled crates and subjecting Q the bottles in said crates to the action of i fluid ejecting from said distributing heads.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

J OHN NEWSOME. 

